Cross-Cultural
Dipesh Chakrabarty Awarded 2014 Toynbee Prize
Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History and South Asian Languages and Civilizations, is the recipient of the 2014 Toynbee Prize.
Brenda Johnson named Library Director and University Librarian
Brenda L. Johnson, an internationally respected leader in the field of library science, has been appointed Library Director and University Librarian, Provost Eric Isaacs announced Oct. 16. Her five-year term begins Jan. 1, 2015.
Rescuing Endangered Native Languages
How do you save a language?
That question has occupied linguist Lenore Grenoble since the early 1990s, when she made her first trek to a remote area of Siberia to study Evenki, the rapidly disappearing tongue of a Siberian indigenous group.
Jonathan Lear Named Roman Family Director of Neubauer Collegium
Philosopher Jonathan Lear has been appointed the Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Provost Eric D. Isaacs announced.
